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wǎng

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wǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎng | wang3
English translation
dejected, discouraged

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About wǎng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

wǎng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of wǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄罔

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

wǎng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and wǎng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wǎng

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他们 tā men 属于 shǔyú 迷惘 mí wǎng de 一代 yī dài 想要 xiǎng yào 找寻 zhǎo xún 自我 zì wǒ

They are a lost generation in search of an identity.

Words with wǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
迷惘 mí wǎng perplexed迷惘 mí wǎng
惘然 wǎng rán frustrated惘然 wǎng rán
怅惘 chàng wǎng distracted悵惘
wǎng perplexed wǎng
惘然若失 wǎng rán ruò shī perplexed惘然若失 wǎng rán ruò shī

wǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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